Day in pictures: 6 March 2013

Venezuela is beginning seven days of mourning after the death of President Hugo Chavez, a controversial self-proclaimed revolutionary.

Port Said in Egypt has been rocked by weeks of intermittent violence. Protests, often leading to clashes, have been taking place there since January, when 21 local football fans were sentenced to death over riots that left 74 people dead in February 2012.

Police in the Maldivian capital, Male, arrest former President Mohamed Nasheed for alleged abuse of office, after months of political tension.

Four buildings are damaged by a fire in Naples Museum Park in Italy.

A snowstorm dumps up to 12 ins (30cm) on parts of the US Midwest, including Chicago, where 1,100 flights were cancelled, before heading to mid-Atlantic states.

The Duchess of Cambridge's official visit to the UK's National Fishing Heritage Centre in Grimsby is greeted with a surprise present.

Models display Chanel's collection at Paris fashion week.

Bornean orangutan Veera poses for the cameras. The six-week-old is the 40th addition to Singapore Zoo's colony.